Slight blood in the saliva without any other symptoms
Hello, my main question is for Dr. Höllering, as she knows me as a patient with anxiety! I am 24 years old, have Lupus, and have struggled with anxiety for a long time... which is now gone. My current fear revolves around yellow saliva in the morning and/or blood in my saliva! Firstly, my blood values were fine at the end of May, except for a thrombocytopenia. In April, I had a dry cough, which I recently mentioned on justanswer because I wanted to know why exhaling strongly (almost like a wheeze) towards one side feels strange, as if I am exhaling against resistance, but only when I provoke it. I have no breathing sounds, no shortness of breath, and the cough is gone! However, what I have noticed in recent weeks is yellowish saliva after sleeping, occasionally with blood, but I cannot say if it may have come from my gums. On a few days, I suddenly had blood in my mouth during the day, my gums did not bleed, it seemed to come from the saliva further back, but I never coughed anything up or spit anything out! I have also asked other doctors for advice, and they said there is no cause for concern, but here I was told about the function of cilia, which now makes me afraid that my lungs are secreting blood or that something else is going on down there! I am worried and not sure what to think. My thoughts even go as far as edema, lung cancer, etc... Please give me an assessment and possible causes! Thank you.
